1949 Wilcox-Gay 19" need opinions

[Electronic M]

Probably worth $25-60. Given the bad CRT and the challenge of finding a better one; if you need it gone and someone wants it, take what they want to spend on it and run. Big monochrome consoles are not really sought after.

Here and ARF have classified pages, aside from that eBay, Craigslist, Facebook vintage tv marketplace, let go, and offer up are options...If you don't mind loading it in your car a local antique radio club swapmet or perhaps antique shop might net you a buyer.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Those early light faced CRT's were never intended to be watched in a room with that much ambient lighting. You need to remember that CRT's can't produce darkness, they can only get brighter than their turned off state. Therefore the black area of the picture can only become as dark as the face of the unlit CRT for any ambient light setting, which is why the contrast seems low in such a well lit room. In my opinion that CRT's contrast looks about normal for that amount of room lighting.

[Penthode]

Besides the lack of contrast, it looks like the set needs a good IF/ RF alignment. Picture looks smeary.

[Kevin Kuehn]

I can really appreciate all the time and effort you've put into restoring that chassis. The TV collecting community in general is a little persnickety about adopting someone else's handy work, but honestly not too many folks could have done a better job cleaning that one up.